25-year-old remanded over alleged N15m cattle robbery in Benue

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Shaibu Usman, implicit the alleged robbery of 16 cattle estimated astatine N15 cardinal successful Benue State.

Usman, a nonmigratory of Ekwerege successful Ado Local Government Area of the state, is facing allegations bordering connected transgression conspiracy, equipped robbery and acts of terrorism.

The accused, however, did not participate a plea erstwhile the substance came up for notation connected Wednesday, arsenic the tribunal lacked the jurisdiction to entertain the charges.

Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter, directed that Usman beryllium kept astatine the Correctional Service Centre successful Makurdi and subsequently adjourned the lawsuit until October 27 for further mention.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Insp. Godwin Ato, informed the tribunal that the lawsuit was transferred from the Police Divisional Headquarters, Ado, Igumale, to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Makurdi.

Ato said the transportation was made done a missive dated September 7 and addressed to the authorities Commissioner of Police.

According to the prosecutor, connected May 15, Monday Enoh and Joseph Enoh were astatine Table Water Riverside, on Agedagba Forest successful Utonkon, wherever they had 16 cattle.

He alleged that astir 7 equipped herders, purportedly led by Usman, besides known arsenic ‘Mobey’, attacked the complaina...